Kiribati

FORUM MEMBERSHIP: 1977
INDEPENDENCE DAY: 12 July 1979
CAPITAL: Tarawa
AREA: 810 sq km
EEZ: 3.6 million sq km
POPULATION: 114,000 (2015)
LANGUAGE: English, Kiribati
CURRENCY: Australian dollar
ECONOMY: Agriculture, Fisheries
STATUS: Republic with an executive president
HEAD OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT: President HE Taneti Maamau
WEBSITE: www.president.gov.ki/web-portal/